Senate Weighs Further Two-Month Extension for Highway, Transit Programs
With funding authority for the federal highway and transit programs set to expire Feb 29, Senate leaders have agreed on legislation to keep the programs going for another two months. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and the chamber's leadership are in agreement on a "clean," two-month extension, says Will Hart, spokesman for the environment panel. The measure could receive full Senate approval by the end of the day Feb. 26.
But a two-month bill would have to be reconciled with the House, which approved a four-month extension on Feb. 11.